Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 174: The Resident of the Ceiling

Chapter 174: The Resident of the Ceiling
Makino: "..."

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, Makino didn't know where to start complaining.

Not turning on surveillance at night is to save electricity?

If a thief comes here a few times, the cost would probably be much more "expensive" than the electricity bill you save, right?

Would you rather sit in the car across the street all night, using your own "human eye surveillance" to see if anyone sneaks into the supermarket, rather than turn on the surveillance in the supermarket for one more night?

I'm afraid the word "frugal" is not enough to describe you as a store manager.

Xiaolan, Sonoko and others also frowned and looked at the store manager in front of them with complicated expressions.

After noticing the strange looks from everyone, as if they were looking at some rare species, the middle-aged man coughed awkwardly and brought the topic back to the theft:

"Let's not talk about the surveillance. In addition to game discs, DVDs and CDs, the stolen items in the store also include bento, rice balls, mineral water, cola and various drinks, and occasionally snacks like potato chips or chocolate. No matter how you think about it, these things can only make people think of a group of young people preparing for a party, right?"

Hearing this, Sonoko and Xiaolan blinked at each other and nodded silently.

After all, the purpose of their coming to the convenience store today was to buy the things the store manager mentioned for their "party" in the evening.

Indeed, these things seem to be associated only with young people's gatherings.

Seeing that Makino and the others didn't say anything, the store manager crossed his arms and looked seriously at Nanakawa Xuan who was standing beside him: "Although the stolen bentos were all about to expire, stealing is stealing anyway! If you still don't want to admit it, then I'll call the police to investigate this matter!"

Hearing this, Sonoko and Xiaolan glanced at Makino beside them with subtle expressions.

The next moment, Sonoko said, "Please, uncle, didn't you hear what Xiaolan and I were talking about just now? Brother Longyi is a policeman! Haven't you heard of him? He is known as the Metropolitan Police Department's... um!"

Before Sonoko could finish her words, Makino immediately covered her mouth with one hand and took out his police officer ID from his pocket with the other hand.

After seeing Makino's police officer ID, especially the big words "Police Officer", the store manager and Nanakawa Aya who was standing beside him looked at Makino in surprise.

The store manager's originally serious face suddenly showed a smile: "No wonder I thought you looked familiar just now! So you are the Superintendent Makino! No, that's not right... Now I should call you Superintendent Masaru!"

Makino ignored the store manager's attitude, which was obviously different from before, and walked slowly forward and opened the bathroom door.

Under everyone's puzzled gaze, Makino shouted, "Do you want to turn yourself in, or do you want the Beika Town police to come find you and arrest you for theft?"

Makino's behavior and words left Sonoko, Xiaolan and the others a little confused.

"Brother Long Yi, who are you talking to?"

"Yeah, Brother Makino, is there anyone else here besides us?"

As soon as Xiaolan finished speaking, everyone heard a noise coming from the ceiling of the toilet.

The next moment, in front of everyone's shocked gaze, a middle-aged man climbed down from the bathroom ceiling.

The moment he saw the middle-aged man, Nanakawa Xuan's eyes widened instantly and whispered, "I remember this gentleman seemed to be an office worker nearby..."

As if he heard what Nanakawa Xuan said, the middle-aged man lowered his head with a nervous expression and stopped.

"Mr. Manager, this is the answer." After looking at the middle-aged man, Makino turned to look at the manager.

The store manager looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with his eyes wide open. He was silent for several seconds before speaking: "Officer Makino, you mean... this guy stole the items in the store..."

Makino nodded and said, "From his behavior and expression, he should have heard some of our conversation just now. The reason you haven't caught him is because he has been living on the ceiling.

After your clerk closed the store, he came down from the toilet ceiling and sneaked into the store to get drinks and food to fill his stomach. "

The store manager looked at the middle-aged man in front of him in disbelief, his eyes full of astonishment: "How could such a thing happen...but why would he steal games and CDs?"

Makino glanced at the unshaven middle-aged man and explained, "Because he needs to exchange those things for money so that he can go out to get a haircut or take a shower. Otherwise, even if he wants to come out of the ceiling in the future, he will be discovered because he is too unkempt."

After listening to Makino's explanation, everyone stared at the middle-aged man in front of them in silence.

This was the first time they had heard of such an incredible thing.

However, this middle-aged man himself is the best "evidence" of what Makino just said.

After a long silence, the manager walked to the bathroom and climbed up to the ceiling to take a look.

The ceiling, which should have been empty, was now filled with garbage bags.

Not long after, the store manager walked back to the crowd, covered his head and said, "Too ridiculous to have such a thing..."

At this time, Yuanzi looked at Makino curiously and asked, "Brother Longyi, why didn't this person come out to steal things when other employees were on duty? Why did he have to choose to do such a thing when Xiaoxuan was on duty?"

Hearing this, Xiaolan and the store manager looked at Makino curiously. They were also very curious about this question.

The reason why the store manager suspected that Xiaoxuan stole the things was because things would only be lost in the store when she was on duty.

Makino glanced at the boxes stacked on both sides of the aisle and said, "This is because your friend works too hard. Before she finishes work, she always puts the boxes neatly on both sides of the aisle to clear the way in front of the bathroom."

Yuanzi looked at the middle-aged man fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "I see... this guy is so abominable! If it weren't for you, Brother Long Yi, who saw through his tricks, Xiao Xuan might have really been mistaken for a thief!!"

Makino shook his head: "Buyuanzi, although he is hateful, his crime is not unforgivable."

"What do you mean?" Sonoko and Xiaolan blinked in confusion.

The store manager at the side took a deep look at Makino, as if he had thought of something, and slowly walked to the middle-aged man and said:

"I still don't understand. Apart from today, he hasn't stolen much in the past month. Logically, the money he made from selling games and CDs shouldn't be enough to feed him."

Makino glanced at the obviously malnourished and skinny man, then smiled at Sonoko and Xiaolan: "Because every time the manager scolded your friend, he could hear it from the ceiling. In order to prevent your friend from losing his job because of his mistakes, he reduced the amount and frequency of stealing even though he was starving."

Hearing this, Sonoko and Xiaolan's expressions became extremely complicated.

On the one hand, if it weren't for this man, their friend would not have been treated as a thief and almost lost her job.

But on the other hand, they could also see that the bones on the man's face were bulging due to excessive hunger.

At this moment, the middle-aged man could no longer bear the gazes of the crowd and fell to the ground. "I'm very sorry! Three months ago, I was fired from the company and kicked out by the landlord. I was penniless and stumbled into this store.

Just when I was thinking about what to do next, the light in the toilet suddenly went out. When I walked out of the toilet, I found that the door of the store had been locked. Just when I didn't know what to do, I found that all I saw was food..."

Although the middle-aged man did not finish his words, everyone already knew what was going to happen next.

The atmosphere around them suddenly became quiet.

After a moment, the store manager walked up to Makino, bowed slightly and said, "Officer Makino, could you please let me handle this matter?"

Makino nodded and said, "Of course, this is just a small theft." After getting Makino's permission, the store manager leaned over to look at the middle-aged man and shouted, "Are you kidding me! Do you know how much I have to sell to make back all the sales you stole?!"

"sorry!!"

"In short, you must compensate me for my losses!"

"But I, I don't have any money..."

"Then you can work here to pay it back, but you have to work for free at first."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man stood up from the ground and looked at the store manager in front of him in surprise, with a hint of joy and surprise in his eyes: "I have caused you so much trouble, and you are still willing to let me work here?!"

The store manager closed his eyes and said, "I also started working in this industry after being fired, so I can naturally understand your feelings..."

"Manager..." The middle-aged man's vision was a little blurred by the tears in his eyes.

A few people in the garden nearby couldn't help but feel moved when they saw this scene.

After dealing with the middle-aged man's matter, the store manager took the middle-aged man to Nanakawa Xuan and they bowed to Nanakawa Xuan together.

"Nanagawa, I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have doubted you!"

"I'm sorry! This is all my fault. I'm really sorry..."

"..."

Seeing that Nanakawa Xuan accepted their apologies, Sonoko and Xiaolan smiled again.

……

After half an hour.

Before getting on the bus, Makino glanced at the bags full of snacks in Sonoko and Xiaolan's hands and asked in confusion, "Why did you buy so many snacks?"

"Of course it's for tonight's entertainment~" After a mysterious smile, Yuanzi continued, "Brother Longyi, I remember that you and your sister both play mahjong, right?"

"Yes, but what does this have to do with snacks?" Makino opened the trunk.

Yuanzi put the bag of snacks in her hand into the trunk and replied: "Of course it matters! We can play mahjong together tonight, and these snacks will be used as our chips instead of 'money~"

Hearing this, Makino glanced at Xiaolan beside Yuanzi out of the corner of his eye, but did not say anything.

Playing mahjong, a game that is extremely dependent on luck, with Xiaolan, a girl with incredible luck?

Yuanzi, do you really not know how lucky this unicorn next to you is?

Thinking of this, a hint of anticipation flashed in Makino's eyes.

This seems like a good opportunity to observe Xiaolan's luck.
……

After dinner, Makino and Ayako sat down at the mahjong table.

Sonoko and Xiaolan were responsible for placing the "chips" on the small stools next to everyone.

After briefly explaining the rules, Sonoko sat down at the card table with a smile and urged everyone to start quickly.

Makino looked at Yuanzi with pity, smiled and shook his head, thinking: "I hope you can still be so happy later..."

five minutes later.

After drawing a good card, Sonoko casually played an unnecessary two-tube and laughed, "Riichi! Hahaha, you better be careful~"

Before Sonoko's laughter completely died down, Xiaolan's slightly excited voice rang out: "Win! What I need is exactly the card that Sonoko played~"

After saying that, Xiaolan directly pushed down the cards in her hand.

After seeing Xiaolan's cards, Sonoko immediately slammed the table and stood up, eyes full of astonishment: "What? All the same color?!"

After a moment's silence, Sonoko twitched her lips, picked up a pile of snacks from the stool next to her and put them on Xiaolan's stool.

ten minutes later.

After touching the card she wanted, Sonoko was about to laugh when she suddenly remembered something and looked warily at Xiaolan, who was already waiting for the card.

The next moment, she looked at the cards that had been played on the table, then looked at the cards in her hand, and after hesitating for a long time, she played a "center".

--"Snapped!"

Under Sonoko's shocked gaze, Xiaolan pushed down the cards in her hand again and stuck out her tongue in embarrassment: "Sorry Sonoko, I think I won again~ I remember this card type seems to be called Wushuang?"

Makino and the others looked at the cards in front of Xiaolan, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes.

The next second, Yuanzi slumped in the chair, looking obviously depressed: "Xiaolan, this is a peerless expert..."

After saying that, Sonoko glanced at the stool next to her and silently put all the snacks on it on Xiaolan's stool.

After doing all this, Sonoko was silent for a few seconds, and looked at Makino and Ayako with lifeless eyes: "Brother Ryuichi, sister, please lend me some chips..."

After seeing Sonoko's appearance, Makino and Ayako smiled at each other.

After half an hour.

Makino and the other two looked at the four stools piled with snacks next to Xiaolan and fell into silence.

Xiaolan lowered her head embarrassedly, her face flushed.

At this moment, Yuanzi suddenly chuckled and looked up at the ceiling weakly: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't have suggested playing mahjong from the beginning..."

"I'm sorry, Sonoko..." Xiaolan walked to Sonoko with a complicated expression and lowered her head silently.

Seeing this, Ayako patted Sonoko's head, then turned to look at Xiaolan and chuckled, "Don't worry about it, Xiaolan~ Everyone has good and bad luck, it's just that your luck is better today~ Right Longyi?"

Makino nodded, then smiled and looked at Xiaolan, his expression serious: "Xiaolan, next time your father bets on horses, I think you can give it a try..."

"Long Yi, what are you talking about!" Ayako pinched Makino's face with a smile.

After the game, everyone went to the audio-visual room to watch a movie.

After seeing the foreign actress in the movie, Sonoko suddenly said, "Xiaolan, does this person look a bit like the new English teacher?"

(End of this chapter)

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